Westland's Enigmatic Fighter
by
Niall Corduroy
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF s response to a new generation of armoured German bombers which it expected to meet over England in 1940. A few months after its first flight, 1,000 Whirlwinds were ordered, but nine months later the RAF cancelled the entire programme....